Bereavement (4th Edition)
Studies of Grief in Adult Life
$31.40
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2010
Summary
The most authoritative work of its kind in the field of bereavement.
The loss of a loved one is one of the most painful experiences that most of us will ever have to face in our lives. This book recognises that there is no single solution to the problems of bereavement but that an understanding of grief can help the bereaved to realise that they are not alone in their experience.
This new edition has been revised and extended to take into account recent research findings on bo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141049410 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141049413 |
| Author: | Colin Murray Parkes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 129mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
I have been reading and learning from Colin Parkes’ work on death, grief, and loss for more than half a century. During that time Parkes has emerged as the predominant world authority on the nature and consequences of bereavement – Robert Jay Lifton, psychiatrist and author
Colin Murray Parkes
Colin Murray Parkes is Consultant Psychiatrist Emeritus at St Christopher’s Hospice and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist to the Royal London Hospital and the Tavistock Clinic, London. He is Life President of Cruse Bereavement Care and in 1996 was awarded an OBE for services to bereaved people.
Holly Prigerson is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Director at the Centre for Psycho-oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA.
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